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| Picture No | 10528885 |
| Date | 1913 |
| Description | Frostbitten hand of Edward Atkinson, Antarctic expedition 19 |
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The hand of Surgeon Edward Atkinson, swollen with blisters due to frostbite. Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881û1929) was a Royal naval surgeon and Antarctic explorer was a member of the scientific staff of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition, 1910û13. He was in command of the expedition's base at Cape Evans for much of 1912, and led the party which found the tent containing the bodies of Scott, 'Birdie' Bowers and Edward Wilson.
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| Source | Photograph in The Sphere, 8 November 1913 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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